The British economy grew at a faster pace than previously thought in 2014, according to new data that give fresh ammunition to both the country’s main political parties ahead of Britain’s upcoming election.

A coalition of Western nations is seeking new powers to curtail the trade of illicit antiquities after an explosion of looting in Syria and Iraq raised fears that the plunder finances Islamic State militants.

Italy’s highest appeals court overturned the murder convictions of Seattle native Amanda Knox and her Italian former boyfriend in the 2007 death of British student Meredith Kercher, definitively clearing the pair.

Jeremy Clarkson, the irascible British television presenter whose suspension as host of the popular automotive series “Top Gear” led to street protests and mass petitions for his reinstatement, has been fired.